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{{short description|'''Estonia: its Jewish community, relations with "Israel" and Israeli arms purchases'''}}
There were 1,939 Jews in '''Estonia''' in 2023, according to the population register as cited by the [[World Jewish Congress]] (WJC).<ref name="WJCEE">World Jewish Congress, [https://www.worldjewishcongress.org/en/about/communities/EE Community in Estonia] ''worldjewishcongress.org'', accessed 25 October 2026.</ref> Estonia has bought an Israeli Blue Spear coastal defence system.<ref name="SIPRI">Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, [https://armstransfers.sipri.org SIPRI Arms Transfers Database] ''SIPRI'', trade register for Israel as supplier, 1950–2025, data generated 20 October 2026.</ref>

==Jewish community==
Most Estonian Jews live in Tallinn, with communities in Tartu, Narva and Kohtla-Järve. The Jewish Community of Estonia is the WJC's affiliate; the WJC says that it "takes an active role in advocating for Israel through cultural, educational, and diplomatic channels".<ref name="WJCEE" />
==Israeli state and commercial ties==
===Diplomacy===
The Israeli foreign ministry's 2011 list of missions records relations with Estonia as established in January 1992, with "Israel" represented by its ambassador in Finland.<ref name="MFA2011">Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, [https://web.archive.org/web/20110805075305/http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/about%20the%20ministry/diplomatic%20missions/Israel-s%20Diplomatic%20Missions%20Abroad Diplomatic Missions Abroad: Status of relations] ''mfa.gov.il'', archived 5 August 2011.</ref> The WJC says that "Israel" recognised Estonia almost immediately in 1991 and is represented through its embassy in Helsinki.<ref name="WJCEE" />
===Arms trade===
SIPRI records an Estonian order in 2021 for two Blue Spear coastal defence systems with 25 Blue Spear anti-ship missiles, delivered in 2024; 40 Spike-NLOS missiles for coastal defence; Spike anti-tank missiles, including 500 Spike-SR from a German production line; M-65 120mm mortars; and Mini Harpy loitering munitions ordered in 2023.<ref name="SIPRI" />
===Trade===
The Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics reports that "Israel" imported goods worth $88.1 million from Estonia in 2025 (2024: $92.1 million) and exported goods worth $15.2 million to it (2024: $11.5 million).<ref name="CBS">Central Bureau of Statistics (Israel), [https://www.cbs.gov.il/he/publications/DocLib/2026/fr_trade12_2025/td1.pdf Foreign Trade Statistics Monthly, Table D1: Trade Countries – Imports and Exports] ''CBS'', December 2025 issue (library copy).</ref>
==Political interference==
===UN voting===
Estonia voted in favour of the September 2025 General Assembly resolution endorsing the New York Declaration on a two-state solution.<ref name="UNNY2025">United Nations General Assembly, [https://www.alquds.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Voting-rec-L.1-Rev.1.pdf Recorded vote on A/80/L.1/Rev.1: Endorsement of the New York Declaration on the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution], 12 September 2025 (copy hosted by ''Al-Quds Al-Arabi'').</ref>

==See also==
*[[Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Denmark]]
*[[Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Finland]]
*[[Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Norway]]
*[[Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Sweden]]
*[[Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Latvia]]
*[[Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Lithuania]]
*[[Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Iceland]]

==Notes==
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